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Coromandel Summer Event List Grows With Dance Farm Festival Confirmed

Monday, 11 October 2021, 7:35 pm | Purple Sherbet Ltd

Dance Valley Festival has been confirmed today as the latest in a string of summer events being hosted at Whangamata’s Joe’s Farm. Taking place on Saturday 8 January 2022, Dance Farm Festival will feature several of New Zealand’s favourite artists, ... More >>

Flower Show Exhibitors roll up their sleeves

Wednesday, 7 November 2018, 2:14 pm | Purple Sherbet Ltd

With less than a month to go until this year’s New Zealand Flower and Garden Show, exhibitors were welcomed onsite to The Trusts Arena in West Auckland today. This marks the start of what event organisers say will be thousands of hours of getting ... More >>

A book the authors hope you’ll never have to read

Friday, 31 August 2018, 5:21 pm | Purple Sherbet Ltd

A national charity solely dedicated to helping Kiwis with incurable breast cancer has today released New Zealand’s most comprehensive guide to living with incurable breast cancer. It is a book that the authors hope many kiwis will never have to read. More >>

Designers Announced for Auckland Garden Designfest

Friday, 1 September 2017, 1:34 pm | Purple Sherbet Ltd

Visitors attending the upcoming Auckland Garden DesignFest will be able to meet some of New Zealand’s best garden design talent in person, as the line-up of this year’s designers is fittingly announced today, the first day of spring. More >>

Avis, Budget and Apex back in Christchurch Central

Wednesday, 2 August 2017, 11:26 am | Purple Sherbet Ltd

Avis, Budget and Apex back in Christchurch Central After being driven out of the CBD by earthquakes six years ago, Avis, Budget and Apex are delighted to collect the keys to their new building today; the International Rental Car Precinct Hub in ... More >>

Golfer Tania Tare Scores Avis Sponsorship & LPGA Invite

Wednesday, 5 July 2017, 10:24 am | Purple Sherbet Ltd

Stunning Kiwi trick-shot golfer Tania Tare received a double dose of good news this week when she picked up Avis Car Rental New Zealand as a much needed new sponsor and also received an official invitation to play in the MCKAYSON New Zealand Women’s ... More >>

Farmers wrapped to help charity

Thursday, 1 June 2017, 2:18 pm | Purple Sherbet Ltd

Sweet Louise is New Zealand’s only charity solely dedicated to supporting women (and some men), living with incurable breast cancer. Yesterday the charity was delighted to receive a cheque for $20,000 from N.Z agricultural crop packaging company, Agpac ... More >>

Paralympians Join Forces With Former Olympian Swimmers

Tuesday, 18 April 2017, 7:54 pm | Purple Sherbet Ltd

A stellar coaching line up, bringing together Paralympians, Commonwealth Games medallists and former Olympians, has been confirmed for the 2017 Jetstar Super Swim Squad Camp. More >>

Kiwis Raise Their Glasses to World Whisky Day

Friday, 20 May 2016, 4:51 pm | Purple Sherbet Ltd

World Whisky Day is celebrated globally on May 21 and a growing number of Kiwis will be marking the occasion with a tipple or two. In 2015, the global whisky market was the third largest segment and also the fastest growing segment in the global spirits ... More >>

Olympians Take Time Out to Mentor Young Swim Stars

Monday, 18 April 2016, 3:55 pm | Purple Sherbet Ltd

Thirty six young swim stars will be heading to Auckland later this month for a national weekend swim camp led by a coaching team which includes past and present Olympians. More >>

Diamonds are a girl’s best friend at duty free retailer

Friday, 26 February 2016, 12:23 pm | Purple Sherbet Ltd

It’s said that diamonds are a girl’s best friend and that is definitely the case for a very lucky grandmother of eight from South Auckland. More >>

Designers Announced for Auckland Garden Designfest

Wednesday, 2 September 2015, 9:05 am | Purple Sherbet Ltd

Organisers of the Auckland Garden DesignFest have aptly chosen the first day of spring to announce their much anticipated designer line up. The 2015 event will showcase 20 gardens representing the design skills of 16 designers over two days on 14 and ... More >>

Nelson Locals Passion for Coffee Wins National Awards

Tuesday, 1 September 2015, 11:35 am | Purple Sherbet Ltd

Rodney and Sonya Holdaway, owners of the Robert Harris Café, Nelson were singled out amongst the 41 New Zealand cafes in the Robert Harris Café network to receive the ‘SALES GROWTH’ Award. This award recognises their ability to grow their business. ... More >>

New gardening product ends search

Wednesday, 1 July 2015, 12:15 pm | Purple Sherbet Ltd

New gardening product ends search The kiwi gardener’s search for the ultimate garden product is over, with the arrival of the new 7 in 1 Fert Pellets range. These new, all-in-one products mean no mucking around with different bags and instead combine ... More >>

Auckland to Host Outdoor Design Showcase

Tuesday, 30 June 2015, 11:32 am | Purple Sherbet Ltd

The dates for the 2015 Auckland Garden DesignFest have been confirmed as 14 and 15 November 2015. More >>

New business book doesn’t mince words

Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 9:28 am | Purple Sherbet Ltd

New business book doesn’t mince words Ignoring the power of the written word is costing New Zealand business and government big money according to a New Zealander who is an international expert on the business benefits of clear communication. Plain ... More >>

Right royal fertilisers for all home gardeners

Wednesday, 19 November 2014, 12:39 pm | Purple Sherbet Ltd

Every home gardener deserves to use the best products to grow great crops, healthy foliage and gorgeous blooms. Daltons have released a new range of Goldcote fertilisers which have each been specially blended by their team using high quality, commercially ... More >>

Kiwi Asset Managers Win Global Acclaim From Visiting Expert

Monday, 17 November 2014, 4:21 pm | Purple Sherbet Ltd

A visiting international expert is applauding New Zealand engineers for their guardianship of our water and roading infrastructure. More >>

Sunflowers to inspire a love of gardening

Thursday, 14 August 2014, 1:34 pm | Purple Sherbet Ltd

There will be smiles as big sunflowers from local kindergarten children across the country as the 2014 Daltons Sunflowers in Kindergartens project kicks off on the 18th August 2014. After a successful pilot programme in 2013, this year the project ... More >>

Win the war on information overload

Wednesday, 9 April 2014, 2:17 pm | Purple Sherbet Ltd

In the time it took you to read the start of this sentence 20 million emails were received worldwide. Once you have read this, another 20 million. We all send and receive emails on a daily basis but what do we do with the overload of information ... More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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